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Terminally-sick young man makes creative bucket list - Toowoomba Chronicle

Fri, 01/22/2016 - 21:19

Toowoomba Chronicle

Terminally-sick young man makes creative bucket list
Toowoomba Chronicle
He wants to raise $10,000 for cancer research by shaving his best friend Melissa Hollman's head. The 22-year-old also wants to complete 100 good deeds. "It was hard to pick a favourite of all of the things we have done and places we've been but white ...

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How to Take The Fear Out Of Share Trading - Daily Reckoning - Australian Edition

Fri, 01/22/2016 - 17:00

Daily Reckoning - Australian Edition

How to Take The Fear Out Of Share Trading
Daily Reckoning - Australian Edition
I avoided it whenever possible. Speaking in front of a group of people would fill me with dread. The thought of being a lone voice on stage was petrifying. For years I mostly sidestepped public speaking. But I could only do this for so long. My career ...

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Human Brain's Memory Capacity Higher Than Originally Thought - Ubergizmo

Fri, 01/22/2016 - 16:51

Ubergizmo

Human Brain's Memory Capacity Higher Than Originally Thought
Ubergizmo
It has been said that the human brain is a truly powerful computer of its own, and it performs logical decisions that eliminates nonsensical options unlike a chess computer that will take into consideration of even the most impossible moves for a human ...

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Why the Grand Mufti's fatwa gambit is unlikely to checkmate chess - Yahoo News

Fri, 01/22/2016 - 13:55

The Times of Israel

Why the Grand Mufti's fatwa gambit is unlikely to checkmate chess
Yahoo News
In the late 1950s, the Soviets banned chess in Antarctica after a scientist at one of their research stations killed his colleague with an axe after he lost a game of chess. In 1966, chess was banned in China as part of the Cultural Revolution. In 1994 ...
Saudi grand mufti declares chess forbiddenThe Times of Israel

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Why the Grand Mufti's fatwa gambit is unlikely to checkmate chess - Christian Science Monitor

Fri, 01/22/2016 - 13:43

Christian Science Monitor

Why the Grand Mufti's fatwa gambit is unlikely to checkmate chess
Christian Science Monitor
In the late 1950s, the Soviets banned chess in Antarctica after a scientist at one of their research stations killed his colleague with an axe after he lost a game of chess. In 1966, chess was banned in China as part of the Cultural Revolution. In 1994 ...
Saudi grand mufti declares chess forbiddenThe Times of Israel

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Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak Review - GameSpot

Fri, 01/22/2016 - 11:31

GameSpot

Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak Review
GameSpot
Like others of its sort, you gather resources, conduct research, and build out units, turrets, and weapons of mass destruction to field against your opponents in battle. The campaign ... The catch there is that it resembles a fusion of the King and ...

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Vanquish winter inertia with worthy local events: Sun Messages - cleveland.com

Fri, 01/22/2016 - 11:05

cleveland.com

Vanquish winter inertia with worthy local events: Sun Messages
cleveland.com
Regular events include: Open Mic; Poetry; Coffee & Conversation, Chess Night and Live Entertainment. Coffees include locally roasted Berardis Fresh Roast, prepared daily from Guatemalan, Peru, French, Italian, ... Kowalski will present research-based ...

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Supporting America's Educators to Expand Opportunity - U.S. Department of Education (press release)

Fri, 01/22/2016 - 10:51

Supporting America's Educators to Expand Opportunity
U.S. Department of Education (press release)
The new law has the exciting opportunity to build on recent research and evidence about the importance of socioemotional learning and skills, like perseverance, resilience, and the ability to collaborate effectively with peers. In implementing ESSA, we ...

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Premature Birth: Depression In Both Mothers And Fathers Can Increase Likelihood, Study Says - Headlines & Global News

Fri, 01/22/2016 - 07:54

Headlines & Global News

Premature Birth: Depression In Both Mothers And Fathers Can Increase Likelihood, Study Says
Headlines & Global News
Researchers at the Centre for Health Equity Studies in Stockholm (CHESS) have discovered that depression can increase the risk of premature birth when experienced in both mothers and fathers. While depression in women during pregnancy has long been ...
Paternal Depression During Pregnancy Increases Risk for Very Preterm BirthPsychCentral.com (blog)
Depression in expectant father linked to premature birthBusiness Standard

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Smart robots divide opinion in Davos - swissinfo.ch

Fri, 01/22/2016 - 04:56

swissinfo.ch

Smart robots divide opinion in Davos
swissinfo.ch
Smart systems already exist that can outperform, or even out-think, humans – such as chess programmes or GPS devices that can find uncongested routes from one point to another. One panel discussion in Davos this week heard about an artificial ...

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White People Just Don't Get It: Bernie Sanders, Ta-Nehisi Coates and the Reality of Reparations - AlterNet

Thu, 01/21/2016 - 21:34

AlterNet

White People Just Don't Get It: Bernie Sanders, Ta-Nehisi Coates and the Reality of Reparations
AlterNet
Both Coates and Sanders remind us, in their own ways, that if American politics is a version of chess, then African-Americans are the pawns … and the pawn is the most powerful piece on the board. Unfortunately, because African-Americans are a pawn in ...

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ResMed Inc. investors wake up to its big potential on quarterly results - Motley Fool Australia

Thu, 01/21/2016 - 18:19

ResMed Inc. investors wake up to its big potential on quarterly results
Motley Fool Australia
Sleep treatment specialist ResMed Inc. (CHESS) (ASX: RMD) today posted adjusted net income of US$97.5 million on revenues of US$454.5 million for the quarter ending December 31, 2015. The revenue was up 13% on a constant currency ... Even more so as ...

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Financial industry giants join $50m Digital Asset Holdings funding round. - Finextra (press release)

Thu, 01/21/2016 - 16:51

Financial industry giants join $50m Digital Asset Holdings funding round.
Finextra (press release)
Digital Asset Holdings, the blockchain startup helmed by former JP Morgan luminary Blythe Masters, has raised more than $50 million in a funding round joined by some of the biggest names in financial services, including Citi, Deutsche Börse and ...

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Financial industry giants join $50m Digital Asset Holdings funding round. - Finextra (press release)

Thu, 01/21/2016 - 16:51

Financial industry giants join $50m Digital Asset Holdings funding round.
Finextra (press release)
Digital Asset Holdings, the blockchain startup helmed by former JP Morgan luminary Blythe Masters, has raised more than $50 million in a funding round joined by some of the biggest names in financial services, including Citi, Deutsche Börse and ...

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The Atlantic Daily: Brewing Blizzard, Russian Murder Plot, Refugee Debate in ... - The Atlantic

Thu, 01/21/2016 - 16:31

The Atlantic

The Atlantic Daily: Brewing Blizzard, Russian Murder Plot, Refugee Debate in ...
The Atlantic
This article is part of a feature we also send out via email as The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter with stories, ideas, and images from The Atlantic, written specially for subscribers. To sign up, please enter your email address in the field provided here.

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Saudi grand mufti declares chess forbidden - The Times of Israel

Thu, 01/21/2016 - 15:37

The Times of Israel

Saudi grand mufti declares chess forbidden
The Times of Israel
In response to a question regarding the permissibly of chess in Islam, the mufti declared that the game “brings enmity and hatred between its contestants” and is forbidden because it “encourages gambling and is a waste of time and finances.” Outraged ...

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Grounding AI: Artificial Intelligence is Closer -- and Less Awesome -- than ... - Government Technology

Thu, 01/21/2016 - 14:56

Government Technology

Grounding AI: Artificial Intelligence is Closer -- and Less Awesome -- than ...
Government Technology
The millions of buildings that were treated with lead paint before it was outlawed in the U.S. in 1978 make prevention an onerous task, said Rayid Ghani, research director at the University of Chicago's Computation Institute and director at the Center ...

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How will an MBA boost your career? - Metro.us

Thu, 01/21/2016 - 12:52

Metro.us

How will an MBA boost your career?
Metro.us
At QS, we've conducted research (freely available on TopMBA.com) that shows the ROI of an MBA is unparalleled when compared to other graduate degrees. We found that in ... Who wins in a chess match, Bill Belichick or Peyton Manning? Keep in mind, I'm ...

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Inside the Guardian: planning the NHS project - The Guardian

Thu, 01/21/2016 - 10:52

The Guardian

Inside the Guardian: planning the NHS project
The Guardian
“Like playing a game of 3D chess.” That's how special projects editor Mark Rice-Oxley describes the process of planning the Guardian's latest editorial project. Part investigation, part fly-on-the-wall documentary, This is the NHS takes a detailed look ...

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What does the future hold for artificial intelligence? - CIO

Thu, 01/21/2016 - 09:55

CIO

What does the future hold for artificial intelligence?
CIO
Andrew Moore, dean of Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science, shares with CIO.com his thoughts on where artificial intelligence and cognitive computing research is heading. ... "In computer science terms, the algorithm it needs [to ...

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